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Beasty bites back.


Went out for a blat to Bognor last night, as the main group was just sticking to the A29, I thought I'd use some back roads and meet them there.

Sweltering day, perfect roads, saw me hammering though the tight and twisties, up & down the box, hard breaking followed by hard acceleration, you know the kind of thing I really enjoy.

coming into one bend, bike pushed over hard to the left, slap down two gears, hard on the front brakes, active counter steering through the left bar, then ...................




No engine breaking, margins very close, so back brake, more push on the bars, and only just make it round (true brown trouser moment), though I'd missed a gear, not something I do often, but has happened in the passed, shuffle with the box on the way out of the corner, into neutral then back into second, yes defenetly in, no drive, dam ................

Pull over, have a fag.

without the engine running I can select all the gears without problem, but under load 2nd & 3rd are history, first is defenately feeling distinctly secondhand.

So currently it runs fine and sort of works, I just haven’t the time to spend on it at the moment.

1 = sounds like a socket set being dropped into a enpty oil drum, but kind of works
2= bye, bye / gone for good
3= doing a very good impression of second
4/5/6 = working fine.
although the triple engine is working fine the gearbox could go at any minute, so any trip could be the last on it, at the moment
I've got a selector cam and pinion, fully loaded output shaft and the selector forks, but it's finding the time to do it, is my biggest problem.
Looking at just throwing a secondhand lump in as that will only take 4/5 hours or so, and chasing two deals as we speak. So should know by Tuesday.
Hey, I broke it, but did have fun doing so, bit of a pain but no great problem.

Cheers Mark.

Bad news.How many miles had it done when it gave up?

Wow, that sounds like a proper brown trouser moment indeed.

Glad you got out of it ok and good luck sorting the parts

to be honest, I don't think it's anything to do with the amount of mileage, be the type, being my 6th T5 engine, I've never had a problem before with gearboxes, or even heard of one, so can't really complain.

but if it'sany help, currently just over 78,000 miles.

Cheers Mark.

Blimey! :shock:

Well,at least you kept it on its wheels and not on it's side! :wink:

and NO you're not having my engine!!!!

Rictus...It's a Triumph mate, they all do that! :wink: :D

Goes downstaris...checks engine is still in garage and on the bike...good good...

*Makes a note to miss selkent and soho for the next few weeks :lol: :lol:

Bad luck, could be a lot worse though mate.

See you wednesday (on your backup steed)?

Dan

I reckon it was a case of "the gearbox died doing what it loved". :lol:

I'm sure knowing Mark it will be back on the road within the week. :)

At least it went with style :lol:

Pots and kettles :wink:

Rest In Pieces oh faithful steed.

At least until Mark (aka Rictus01, aka Dr Frankenstien!) gets to work on ya! :wink:

Perhaps it too was protesting the potential change to a white coat of paint! :twisted:

What was that quote from friday...

"It's behaivng its self at the moment, it knows im going tart it up" or something similar....

Dan

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Don't you mean :-

1 = Sounds like a Ducati behaving normally ?? :D

As Super says, you sure it's not just finally run in? :P :P

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although at times the sound is distincly "dry clutch upgrade", I don't think I could bring myself to cut some holes in the cover, anodise it red, and burn several hundred of my hard earned pounds in the ask tray :lol:

Cheers Mark.

So, if it's going to be off the road for a bit then why don't you post me the seat for a week and I'll see about doing a leather Red Dragon cover for it. :wink:

:twisted:

Anything to stop you painting it white! I saw both the white and gold Triples in a showroom last week. Blech!

Although I have the gearbox output shaft, selector cam & pinion and forks (what do you mean, I thought everyone kept that sort of thing in the shed), I can't tell if it's on the input shaft, so for the mean time will swap out the lump, should know in a couple of hours if I'll be doing it this week or not.

K, I've three seats anyway so if you're serious, then I could well be interested.

although I have already brought the paint so that's set now, it might be white based, but trust me it does work.

Cheers Mark.

Oh well, if you're going to paint the poor thing white anyway... :evil:

Yeah why not - I'll never get round to experiment with doing one if it's for one of my own bikes, :roll: but if it's for someone else... :wink:

Just don't expect me to do any of it in white though! :twisted:

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:lol:
PMSL!

Hope you get the bike sorted Mark.

argh just a bit unlucky :roll:

Doh!
As stated, sounds like it gave up the ghost while enjoying itself, can't ask for a better end than that! Best of luck sorting it all though I guess you need less luck and outside help than most 8)

Hey Mark - glad to hear you kept it upright and that you're all okay.